(robin) good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news. it fridat march 1st...2019im robin winston.were getting a break in the rain. lets check in with john to see what ahead.

skies a touch cloudier today with showers arriving late. daytime highs in the upper 50's to low 60's. tomorrow will start with heavy rain before showers taper off through the day, a few lingering into sunday early on.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. (robin) with thousands of people

forced to leave their homes because of this weeks storms.. many are staying at evacuation centers this morning. kron-4's justine waldman spoke with people who likely lost everything in the flood. natswith very little time to evacuate, ki daniels grabbed what she could and tossed it in her suv.nats the water came into the car and soaked the floor boardsthis is it. some important some paperwork, her manuscript and medications... sot i have the clothes on my back and my vechile and that is what i havevideo from the sonoma county sheriff's office, shows how high the water got in monte rio.right now, ki, does not know how bad the damage is at her home there sot my understanding is it is all devesated she is one of 40 people staying at the red cross shelter at the sebastopol center for the arts. here people can eat, sleep and get help...sonoma county is now becoming an expert at caring for disaster victims. sot it gives us an opportunity to demonstrate the resliency

of human natureki already lost everything the tubbs fire burned down the home ki was moving into in santa rosa's coffey park.her monte rio home, a place to start over. and she'll be on the move again...ki says she will always be sonoma county strong.. neither fire or flood will destroy her spirit.sot think living through 2 deve at this pont you start to learn not to get too attached to material thins i would say the most precious things i have left are my memories.... memories.... (robin) as we have reported... a lot of people decided not to evacuate... and with all the flooding... now have to deal with the aftermath. this video of the damage on trenton road at covey road in forestville.

flood waters, mud and debris have been scattered all over the area... with one car getting stuck in the aftermath. one man saying he's used a canoe to get around... and now has to start picking up debris as the water begins to receed.

six feet inside the shop ... damaging all of her equipment. (robin) happening now ... west bound lanes of highway- 37 are still closed because of flooding. the closure is happening between atherton avenue and highway- 101 near novato. the concern now is the major rain system coming this weekend. officials say that could keep the westbound lanes closed through early next week. . (robin) don't forget .... you can stay connected to the weather in your neighborhood with the kron-4 mobile app. you will find full forecasts ... and interactive radar. and you can get push alerts on bay area storms. you can also send in pictures and videos from your neighborhood of the conditions outside. (robin) in the east bay... dramatic body camera video released of a violent police encounter. it happened monday in pittsburg. officers were responding to a domestic incident involving

the suspect and his father. police say the man was armed with a knife. after about ten minutes ... officers used a bean bag gun to disable the man. that's when police and a k-9 moved in and dragged the suspect to the ground. during the scuffle ... one officer suffered a minor cut to his neck.the suspect was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, and resisting arrest. (robin) new this morning... police cintinue a homicide investigation... after a san leandro man was shot to death in east oakland. this happened on edes avenue near nevada street. police say two men and two women were shot. one of the men was pronounced dead at the scene. the other three were taken to the hospital in stable condition. (robin) also new this morning... police have a sketch of the man they say attacked a woman in mountain view. investigators say this man attacked a runner on the stevens creek trail monday night. the victims says he introduced himself as "jerry"... before he attacked

her... and also spoke with some sort of caribbean accent. police say he may also have bite marks on either a hand or a forearm after the woman tried to defend herself. the victim was treated for serious injuries to her face, but is expected to be ok. (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... day 7 of the oakland teacher strike this morning... and now more teachers in another district are joining in. find out which one next. (robin) and... new details on a last month's huge gas line fire in san francisco. we have a look at the report that has just been released. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge. < ella: i'm ella sogomonian - we've been telling you a lot about kron-on.. the bay area's only commercial free streaming news service...

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(robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. skies a touch cloudier today with showers arriving late. daytime highs in the upper 50's to low 60's. tomorrow will start with heavy rain

before showers taper off through the day, a few lingering into sunday early on.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo

bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. (robin) the flooding to our north has turned deadly. in humboldt county ... a man died after he was swept away by flood waters from the eel river. deputies say the man was trying to rescue his three children from his home in ferndale on wednesday. he waded through water that was about five feet deep ... before he got caught in a fast

current. officials say three people drove a tractor through the high waters ... but could not reach the man. the children who were trapped inside the home were later rescued by officials.the man's identity has not yet been released. (robin) for the first time... p-g & e says it will likely be held responsible for causing last novembers camp fire in butte county. the statement comes in a financial filing to the company investors. kron 4's dan kerman explains. in its latest earnings report , pacific gas and electric says "the company believes it is probable that its equipment will be determined to be an ignition point of the 2018 camp fire."november's fire in butte county charred more than 153-thouasnd acres, destroyed nearly 14-thousand homes and killed 86 people.sot i'm surprised that pge admits what we already knewattorney mike danko who represents thousands of camp fire victims says what

stands out for him is that in the report p,g and e says it has set aside $10.5 billion for claims from camp fire victimssot mike danko/attorney for fire victims :38if you are a camp fire survivor and you thought i guess i am out of lck becuase pge filed bankruyptcy well this is saying no you are not out of luck, good news, pge has money and it is reserving it just for you. what the report doesn't address is whether negligence played a role in the fire.. sot mark toney/the utility reform network :56if they had been spending the money that ratepayers have been giving them for years and years to do what they are suppose to and keep the lines in repair we wouldnt be in this situation but mark toney with pg&e watchdog the utilty reform network says all signs point that way which is why a judge overseeing the company's felony probation in the san bruno gas pipeline case should change the company's managementsot the evidence shows pge needs new leadership

and apointing a receiver is a way to get new leadership immediately.standup dan kerman/sf 137the report also indicates pge is more than 2/3 done with enhanced inspections of its power lines and equipment. this must be a different inspection than one proposed by a federal judge, which pge said would be impossible to complete by the beginning of fire season in june. in sf dan kerman kron 4 news. (robin) the n-t-s-b has released a preliminary report on the natural gas explosion and fire... on geary boulevard in san francisco earlier this month. the report says... the gas line that was struck by a third party contractor... ignited in less than 10- seconds. at least four - buildings suffered serious damage in the resulting explosion. in order to shut off the gas... p-g-and-e crews had to turn off six different valves nearby... and mechanically

pinch off the main gas line. last week... two people filed a lawsuit against the company which broke the gas line... saying they were left homeless by the fire. the n-t-s-b says... it is continuing to investigate. (robin) in national headlines ... the house intelligence committee says they are focused on finding out more about the president's potential criminal conduct. this comes after a closed door meeting with president trumps former attorney michael cohen. the committee wants to examine cohen's claims that donald trump junior told his father about the meeting with the russians at trump tower ... before it happened in june 2016. as well as claims that roger stone informed the president ... that wikileaks was about to expose emails from the clinton campaign. east bay congressman eric swalwell says the closed door meeting with michael cohen was very helpful and informative.

we were able to drill down in great detail."> (robin) michael cohen is not done with congress. the chairman for the house intelligence committee announced cohen will return to capitol hill next wednesday to finish his testimony. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the hollywood the hollywood minute is coming up after the break. (robin) welcome back to

the kron four morning news. if you missed seeing the big oscar winners in theaters, now could be your chance to catch up. david daniel has that and more in the hollywood minute. "you have a very narrow assessment of me, tony.""yeah, right? i'm good."two movies are aiming to turn oscar gold into box office cash. best picture winner "green book" expands back to 26-hundred screens this weekend, looking to add to its 71- million-dollar domestic total. "spider-man: into the spider-verse" has already made 185-million domestic -- now the newly-crowned best animated feature is going for more, expanding back to more than 23-hundred theaters."our courts are the great levelers." another oscar winner is returning to theaters: "to kill a mockingbird." the 19-62 classic starring gregory peck is set to play in more than

600 u-s theaters on sunday, march 24th, and wednesday, march 27th. check fathom- events dot-com for details. (nat) "i am the protector of the deep.""aquaman" wasn't nominated for any oscars, but with one-point-one billion dollars in worldwide grosses, a sequel was a sure thing. and now we know when: warner brothers has slated "aquaman two" for december 16th, 20-22. if three years, nine months and change is too long to wait to see jason momoa all wet, "aquaman" lands on d-v-d and blu-ray at the end of this month. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (robin) welcome back.

checking in on your morning forecast.

skies a touch cloudier today with showers arriving late. daytime highs in the upper 50's to low 60's. tomorrow will start with heavy rain before showers taper off through the day, a few lingering into sunday early on.